Friday, March 25, 2016

The 'Garden Gala' kit included the Prima Finnabair Ephemera Pack called 'Melange' and I wanted to do something special with these cards and make them the star of the show so to speak. You all know how much I love a vintage look and this image of a young girl really inspired me :)

I would like to enter my art journal pages into a challenge I found on the blog

Vintage Card Cafe called 'Neo Vintage'.

Here is how the girls describe Neo Vintage : it is considered that the style-based Neo Vintage is light pastel color palette - milk, cream, biscuit bodily, as well as the presence of 1-2 bright colors: turquoise, yellow, pink, purple, etc.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

'Nothing lasts forever. So live it up, drink it down, laugh it off, avoid the drama,

take chances and never have regrets because at one point

everything you did was exactly what you wanted.'

- Marilyn Monroe

Hello girls! Are you ready for some inspiration? I felt so inspired by this quote from Miss Monroe herself that I went looking for a pretty photograph of her and found this one, isn't it gorgeous?

Wasn't she the epitome of beauty?

I was thinking about her (and another blonde lady who I was fascinated with all my life, Princess Diana) while creating this layout, and how some of the most beautiful women in the world are often unfortunately, some of the most unhappy.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Hello friends, I am dropping in to share a layout I created with the February

Scraps of Elegance kit.

'Rue de Clichy'

My favourite part of my Design Team package are always the different papers that are included in the Paper Add On. This months kit included two papers by Ruby Rock It from the Bella Memories Collection, I used one for the base paper for this layout as it had beautiful warm vintage brown tones and also some really cool French script on it. Inspired by the French on the paper I found an old photograph of a certain trip when I was young and carefree (read : WILD) and celebrating my 23rd birthday in Paris. Now, I find myself a happily married All-American working soccer mom, but back in my twenties I suffered quite a severe case of wanderlust, which led me to live in Spain for five years and allowed me many chances to travel around Europe.

2 Crafty Chipboard. I went over to Debbi's blog to have a look around and found Case File No. 192

which I really loved. The clues and the colors seemed like a real challenge so I went for it.

The colors are unusual, beige, deep red, black and two shades of grey.

In my layout I used as evidence : newspaper or text print, a journal card with a birdcage, leaves, flowers, vintage elements were a Prima light bulb and a Prima ticket, metal eyelets, and a round metal embellishment. As testimony I listed on the back of my layout the seven most memorable things I saw in Paris on that trip, the highlights being climbing the Eiffel Tower (breath-taking view of the city, although I suffer from fear of heights and couldn't step one foot out of the doorway lol), and seeing the famous Mona Lisa with my own eyes, her beguiling smile is as beautiful as you could ever imagine.

From the 'Garden Gala' kit I have used the Bella Memories paper, the Blue Fern Studios stamp - which fit perfectly into the French theme - the Petaloo flowers, and the Blue Fern Studios chipboard which I cut up into several pieces.

About Me

About me

Hello! My name is Lisa and this is my little space to share what I create. I love combining vintage ephemera and my favorite old family photos to create layouts and preserve memories. I am so happy you stopped by! You can find me at lisagriff9@gmail.com Hugs, Lisa

"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't get believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll